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Trump seizes control of Venezuela’s $2.8bn oil stockpile
By Ziggy Ojiegbe U.S. President Donald Trump said Venezuela would hand over between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, cargoes worth about $2.8 billion at current market prices. He said the oil would be…
Venezuela’s new government seeks cooperation with Trump administration
Ziggy Ojiegbe Venezuela’s interim government has signaled a sharp shift away from the country’s long-standing posture of leftist anti-Americanism, moving instead to court cooperation with the administration of United States President Donald Trump following the arrest and deportation of former…
US forces capture Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in surprise operation
Maduro’s allies fume as diaspora Venezuelans celebrate By Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports At the order of U.S. President Donald Trump, American armed forces carried out a surprise military operation in Venezuela early Saturday, overpowering local security forces and capturing…
Trump rders quarantine of Venezuelan oil
The White House has directed U.S. military forces to focus on interdicting Venezuelan oil shipments for at least the next two months, escalating economic pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s government while stopping short of direct military confrontation. U.S. officials said…
Cultural debate: Trump insists on ‘Merry Christmas,’ not ‘Happy Holidays’
President Donald Trump of the United States has once again placed himself at the center of America’s long-running cultural debate over Christmas greetings, insisting on the use of “Merry Christmas” instead of the more inclusive “Happy Holidays.” Trump made the…
Epstein Files heavy on Clinton, scant on Trump
Frank Okon, with agency reports The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a disclosure that made scant reference to President Donald Trump…
Trump to skip G20 summit, says bad things happen in South Africa’s
President Donald Trump of the United States will abstain from the upcoming summit of the group of world’s biggest 20 economies also called G20, saying that the event should have been hosted by South Africa. The US president who has…
Pharm exec slumps as Trump cuts price of Ozempic, other drugs
An employee from a healthcare giant at collapsed at the Oval Office on Thursday, truncating a media briefing event where top US government officials declared that American’s will lose 125 million pounds in one year as government slashes prize of…
Trump brings home Israeli hostages from Hamas
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports With vocal demand for release of hostages abducted from Israel during bloody raid by Hamas on October 7, 2003, President Donald Trump of the United States has succeeded at a ceasefire that promises return of…
Trump volunteers in Ukraine’s security guarantee
President Donald Trump of the United States has declared his country’s willingness to participate in providing future security guarantee for Ukraine which is currently crumbling under heavy Russian military campaign that has so defied mediation. President Trump who has held…
